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[Krystal]

Most of you will remember this aquarium.......



And the previous hardware setup....



Well I decided to turn it into a nano reef tank. I like gadgets and its turned into a bit of a laugh as to how much gear I can equip such a small tank with

The hardware is:

Eheim 2211 canister filter for water movement and chemical filtration/mechanical only
200w Hydor Inline Heater
Dymax XP30 Mini Skimmer
Power compact lighting with 2x 24w globes - 14000k and 1000k globes to come
Aquamedic Nitrate Reductor 400 - to come

The tank holds approx 20 litres and currently is full of live rock only.....still not sure what to stock it with, im in no rush! The tank is just for something to keep me occupied.

[tranced]

has to be a mantis shrimp

[golden_dase]

Krystal black sand..

Edited by golden_dase, 09 April 2011 - 03:26 PM.

[JimmyTheFish]

get a tight fitting lid and chuck a blue ring in.

[Rovik]

what invertebrates are you planning to keep ?

Zoanthids ?
SPS ?

Edited by Rovik, 09 April 2011 - 09:30 AM.

[spilo]

nice......
get a pair of Blue-banded Gobies

[Krystal]

Livestock im still not sure on....Im leaning towards just some inverts.

Ive narrowed it down to a shortlist and ill do some re-search on the following....

Lots of zooanthids, corallimorphs, Tubastrea sp/sun coral, euphyllia ancora, orange and green fungia and Lobophyllia......Pretty sure Ill be needing a larger tank

Added some caulerpa today that I got from AAA, thanks Paul! They have some nice marines there atm!

Heres a pic from today.....adds a bit of colour.

[Sarah Jayne]

Yey! A journal with pictures

looking good Krystal!

[Krystal]

Just for you SJ hahaha

[Bowdy]

It's s*#ting on walkers ATM hehe

[Krystal]

It's s*#ting on walkers ATM hehe

Bahahaha I reckon Ive got a week and a half to make it better then his.....i can do it

[Neakit]

throw another power head into the tank, the canister just wont be enough.

[Krystal]

Not a bad idea....on the left hand side would be ideal for it. Cheers

[Neakit]

you do know its damn hard to see it when the back is black as well......

[Juls]

Yeh, I'm wanting to do a marine nano as well, but need to get more stuff breeding to pay for it first!!

I'll be watching closely.

I was thinking of doing it in a 1ft cube, so slightly bigger than your setup.

Seems overkill the denitrator but the tech, gadgets and setup is 75% of the fun... annoyingly (because it means once it all works no more gadgeting or setup to do then time to do something else lol)

Juls

Edited by Juls, 09 April 2011 - 06:14 PM.

[highlucks]

Great start I rekon you should add a fuzzy dwarf lion fish.

[Neakit]

even though its a dwarf lion fish i can assure you it will get way too big for the tank.

[Krystal]

I got an awesome surprise today!!!

Bowdy dropped in at my place and bought me these two Clownfish I was eyeing off and telling him about a few days ago, such a champ!!!

They're apparently a standard ocellaris x black ocellaris, regardless they look amazing with the orange and black and they have such an interactive personality already.

Theyre a bit hard to take a photo of, especially with an iPhone but heres two anyway.

[highlucks]

Cool fish, now you need an anemone

[Paddy]

Clownfish do not need an anemone to thrive and be happy.

An anenome should never be added to a tank for at least 6 months of a new setup.